Tag: Giveaway

Immanuel’s Veins by Ted Dekker w/ a fun giveaway

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THIS STORY IS FOR EVERYONE

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS FOR THIS STORY

It is a dangerous tale of times past. A torrid love story full of deep seduction. A story of terrible longing and bold sacrifice.

Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what it should flee. Forgetting it once had a truer lover.

With a kiss, evil will ravage body, soul, and mind. Yet there remains hope, because the heart knows no bounds.

Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.

Because the battle for the heart is always violently opposed. For those desperate to drink deep from this fountain of life, enter.

But remember, not everyone is for this story.




I have enjoyed Ted Dekker off and on through the years.  Some I have really enjoyed and others I have been left scratching my head (don’t even get me started on House).  If you watched the book trailer and got a little sense of “Twilight”, that would be accurate.  And before those of you who did not enjoy the Twilight series turn away from this review I am going to ask you to give me a minute…

or two.

Yes, while there is a “Twilightish” vibe in the background theme of this book, this book goes beyond to a darker book then Meyer’s wrote which is truly Ted Dekker’s signature style.  The character’s are on fire with life breathed into them by non other than the master of Christian Suspense writing, Ted Dekker.  The book will cause you to really think about sacrificial love and that is really what this book is about.

I am still processing all I read and I can safely say that this is one of the best books I have read by Ted Dekker in quite a while.  Ted tapped into a vein (yes, pun intended) that I think will entice readers of many genres to this book.

GIVEAWAY!


Check out this awesome t-shirt that came with the book!  Here is how you can win one for yourself!  Let me know here in a comment if you have ever read Ted Dekker and if so what book(s).  If you have not, please look at the books he has written and share with me in a comment which book you would consider reading.

Bonus Entry

For two bonus chances to win a shirt, subscribe to my posts through email (link is upper right sidebar) and let me know here that you did (or do) in a separate comment.

Blog, Facebook, or Tweet about this giveaway and let me know in a comment here and receive another chance

That’s it!  😀

Giveaway will end on September 25, 2010


The Postcard Killers by James Patterson (Audio Giveaway)

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Thank you to Hachette Audio for offering me three copies of this audio to give away to lucky readers of Book Journey!


Paris is stunning in the summer

NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe’s most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren’t what draw him–he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter’s killer.

The killing is simply marvelous

Kanon’s daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.

Wish you were here

Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm–and they think they know where the next victims will be.

I know many of you are not big audio fans but I have to tell you – if you were to try audio (and I a going to continue bugging you of course on this!  😉  )  Patterson is a sure win.

If you have read any of my past reviews on Patterson’s  I have raved about the quality.  In fact I have probably not read James Patterson in 5 years, but I have listened to just about everything he has put out on audio.

SO why not give audio a try and look here – I am offering a giveaway where you may be able to do just that!  If you love a good thriller mystery – come along and try Patterson!

How to enter

If you are a book person even if you have not read Patterson you must have seen that the man has a new book coming out at least once a month recently.  I read that he has a large conference table in his study that is covered with unfinished manuscripts.  Amazing!

So to enter this giveaway, I would like you to come up with a character for a Patterson book (and remember his genres are not only mystery so go with whatever) and a scenario:  such as,

Johnathon Winters:  Once second-hand store owner/ hitman now Priest and undercover FBI

😆  Or something like that

Bonus Entries

Tweet, blog, or add this giveaway to your Facebook page and receive an extra chance by letting me know here in a separate comment

Subscribe to Book Journey (upper right sidebar – third down) and let me know in a separate comment and receive two bonus chances

This giveaway will end on September 17.  USA and Canada only please.


Summer At Tiffany by Marjorie Hart- Hard Cover Signed Copy Giveaway

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The lovely and delightful Marjorie Hart has offered one lucky Book Journey reader a signed copy of her wonderful book Summer At Tiffany.  You can read my review as well as see others who linked their reviews and see what an amazing read this is.

Although the country is still at war, Manhattan during the summer of 1945 is an intoxicating place, especially for two fresh-faced young coeds who step off a train from Iowa armed with little more than their youthful exuberance and the name of a very influential contact. The combination is enough to land Marjorie and her best friend, Marty, jobs as pages at the prestigious Tiffany & Co., making them the first female employees ever to work the sales floor. From this groundbreaking vantage point, the girls see and do it all, from assisting notorious gangsters and international playboys at the jewelry counters, to rubbing elbows with celebrities at the city’s legendary nightclubs, to glimpsing General Eisenhower during his triumphant victory parade, to kissing soldiers in Times Square on V-J Day


Here’s how to enter this giveaway!

Share here a favorite memory you have from a summer of your past….   you must answer this question to be entered in the giveaway.


Optional Bonus Entries?  Sure!!!

Leave a comment on my review of Summer at Tiffany and/or a comment on the author chat with Marjorie for a bonus entry (one entry for each comment)


Subscribe to this blog (right sidebar, 3rd link down) and let me know in a separate comment here and I will add 2 entries

Tweet or blog about this giveaway and let me know with a link left is=n a separate comment here and add another entry to your chances.


This giveaway will close on September 14. I will select a  winner using random.org and the winning information will be sent to Marjorie who will sign the book and mail it directly to the winner. USA and Canada entrants only please.


LONG Overdue Winners Posted

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*sigh*  Time and again I swear I am not going to get behind on posting winners.  But….. I have done it again.  That thing called life took over and next thing I know I have missed getting this done and I truly do apologize and will try to be better at this.

I have three winners for The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand!!!!

Using Random.org here are the lucky entrants:

Bookjunkiemom09 Blog

Krista

Cindy Woolard

I have two signed copies of this wonderful book in my possession that I am passing on to two lucky winners.  Using random.org – my winners are:

Laurel

Word Lily

I have three winners to announce for this book, The Secrets Of Newberry using random.org the winners are:

Colleen Turner

Page Inman

Margie

The winner of “Choose The Next Book I Read is:

Julie

Julie picked The Mermaids Chair by Sue Monk Kidd so that is on my TBR and as soon as I have it read it will be passed on to her.

And finally…

My July winners for my monthly comment drawing are:

Tea

Barbara

These two winners get to choose one of my gently used books from my gift box!

and finally –

My number one commenter for July 2010 and the winner of the $20 Gift Card from Amazon goes to:

Laurel

**Note that the August comment giveaway is going on right now (see post on top of this blog for details)


Thank you to everyone!  You all have been emailed about your win!  😀

The Island by Elin Hilderbrand audio giveaway

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Thank you again to Hachette for allowing me to have 3 copies of this audio set to give to my readers.

Four women-a mother, her sister, two grown daughters-head to Tuckernuck for a retreat, hoping to escape their troubles. Instead, they find only drama, secrets, and life-changing revelations.

How To Enter this Giveaway

I am not giving up on summer yet and I love books about beaches, vacations, friendships, and sun!  To enter this giveaway please leave a comment here letting me know what book you recommend as a “must read” for me yet this summer.  *If I can get the book in audio that is worth a bonus entry. (You much complete this task to be entered)


Want more chances to win?

For two extra chances to win, become a subscriber  (or be a current subscriber) of this blog (do this in the upper right side bar) and let me know in a separate comment

Blog about this giveaway and let me know in a separate comment and receive two more entries

Twitter about this giveaway or link tot his giveaway on Facebook and let me know here for another entry

This giveaway will end on September 1.  USA and Canada entrants only please.

Oh, and prefer to have a book to an audio?  Elizabeth over at Thoughts From An Evil Overlord has three copies of this available for giveaway in hard cover!

Choose (and WIN!) The Next Book I Read

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It is time for round four of “Choose The Next Book I Read!”   For those who are new to this occasional post, I will explain what this is.

I LOVE book sales and our local library has a spring and a fall one that are wonderfully priced books that I can not resist.  The books are beautiful and gently used.  The opportunity lies in the fact that once I bring these treasures home they tend to stay in the box I placed them in when I purchased them for months to come.  This is where you come in.

What I am posting here is the pictures of all the books I have picked up from the spring library sale as well as the new additions of the books I purchased last weekend at the Silver Bay Minnesota Library sale.

All you do is look over these titles and leave a comment here with the name of the book you would like to win.  On Sunday morning, August 15, I will use random.org to choose a winner.  Then that book will go with me this weekend to be read and once read I mail it on to the winner.  It is a win – win!  I actually read one of the treasures that I bought, and you get a book that you would like!  :D

So here my little beauties are – have fun picking!

** Note:  In the following pictures Between Friends is no longer available as that was last months win that is on its way to Elisha this week!

Note #2:  I will read the winning book at my earliest possibility and then send it on.

There’s the choices.  In your comment below please put which of these books you would like me to read and then pass on to you.

**USA and Canada only please unless the winner can give me an address to send it to in one of these areas.  Sorry but the cost to ship beyond that is frightening.

Choose (AND WIN!) The Next Book I Read

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)93 Comments


We have played this before and it is time for round three of “Choose The Next Book I Read!”   For those who are new to this occasional post, I will explain what this is.

I LOVE book sales and our local library has a spring and a fall one that are wonderfully priced books that I can not resist.  The books are beautiful and gently used.  The opportunity lies in the fact that once I bring these treasures home they tend to stay in the box I placed them in when I purchased them for months to come.  This is where you come in.

What I am posting here is the pictures of all the books I have picked up from the spring library sale as well as the new additions of the books I purchased last weekend at the Silver Bay Minnesota Library sale.

All you do is look over these titles and leave a comment here with the name of the book you would like to win.  On Friday morning I will use random.org to choose a winner.  Then that book will go with me this weekend to be read and once read I mail it on to the winner.  It is a win – win!  I actually read one of the treasures that I bought, and you get a book that you would like!  😀

So here my little beauties are – have fun picking!

New From The Silver Bay Sale

Part 2 of the Silver Bay Sale

Brainerd Spring Sale

Brainerd Spring Library Sale

Brainerd Spring Library Sale

You choose the book 😀

Book Extravaganza – July 16-18 (Sticky post for weekend – new posts below)

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This weekend is the Book Extravaganza being hosted by Bookworming In The 21st Century and The Neverending Shelf.  Stop by their blogs for a list of all the blog participants.

I have really enjoyed a lot of good books recently around here and for my giveaway I would like to offer a new copy of one these books shipped directly from Amazon to the winners home (USA and Canada only please).  Winners will be drawn Sunday evening and posted here.  I will email winners as well for your address.

The Books up for Giveaway are:


*Click the above picture to go to a list of the reviews for these books.

So How to Enter?

Easy peasy – simply leave me a comment sharing a little known fact about yourself.  (IE.  this could be an unusual talent, a trip you once took, a funny happening, an instrument you play (played, tried to play), an award you won…)

Two Winners!!!  Winners will get to choose which book they would like and I will have it sent to them.  You do not have to decide the book unless you have won, then you can tell me when I email you.  🙂

Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci – AUDIO Giveaway

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Thank you Hachette for giving me three copies of this audio book to give away!

DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything . . . and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe.
On Waller’s trail is Shaw, the mysterious operative from “The Whole Truth,” who must prevent Waller from closing his latest deal. Shaw’s one chance to bring him down will come in the most unlikely of places: a serene, bucolic village in Provence.
But Waller’s depravity and ruthlessness go deeper than Shaw knows. And now, there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence-Reggie Campion, an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate-and she has an agenda of her own.
Hunting the same man and unaware of each other’s mission, Shaw and Reggie will be caught in a deadly duel of nerve and wits.

How To Enter this Giveaway

David Baldacci is the author of 19 best selling books.  Looking at that list have you read any of these books – and if not, which book really catches your eye as one you would like to read (besides this one of course!)  (*This must be answered to be entered)


Want more chances to win?

(*not a requirement, just for those who wish)

For two extra chances to win, become a subscriber  (or be a current subscriber) of this blog (do this in the upper right side bar) and let me know in a separate comment

Blog about this giveaway and let me know in a separate comment and receive two more entries

Twitter about this giveaway or link tot his giveaway on Facebook and let me know here for another entry

This giveaway will end on July 30.  USA and Canada entrants only please.

Please see the separate giveaway being held for this in Hard Cover copies